Complex problems cannot be solved within the boundaries of a single scientific discipline. They require the knowledge and expertise of researchers from various fields of science who are united in a Cluster. The individual disciplines themselves benefit here from a consequent strengthening and enrichment. The interdisciplinary laboratory Image Knowledge Gestaltung is such a union of social, natural and technological sciences, medicine and – for the first time in basic research – the disciplines of design and architecture as well. In this interdisciplinary laboratory, more than 25 different disciplines come together to investigate the fundamental Gestaltung processes of the sciences.


Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An Interdisciplinary Laboratory

A project by SARDISCHES KULTURZENTRUM BERLIN

Developed by Giovanni Casu
Curated  by Giusy Sanna

Opening with Performance: November 23rd, at 7 pm.

Tour with the Curator: 2.12.2012, 4 pm.
Exhibition: November 24th – December 18th 2012
Grimmuseum | Fichtestasse 2, Berlin

What is cultural heritage? What does it mean to belong to a certain culture? The exhibition project Empirical Survey on a Heritage is working on possible answer towards those questions. The main object of investigation is the Sardinian culture and the works of 4 artists mantaining a very complex and different relation with Sardinia and its heritage. 

Alessandro Sau and Cristina Meloni were born and raised in Sardinia. In 2012 they got seleced for the 3 month-residency, established by berlin-island programm in collaboration with Culturia (www. culturia.de)

Rugiada Cadoni from y Liver and Igor Muroni represent artists with Sardinian migration backround. Their families´ origins are in Sardinia, but both of them were born elsewhere and never lived in the country of their parents. However they feel contected with Sardinian habits and costums through the tradition, that was passed on in their families. 

Is it possible that common roots leave a track that goes beyond the geography, beyond the genetics? In the case of Sardinia, there has been a strong motivation of distinction from the culture of the italian mainland. The cultural heritage of Sardinia, consisting in physical artifacts such as an typical architecutre and tangible culture such as folklore, Sardinian language and natural heritage is therefore an important element in this artistic research.
Empirical Survey on a Heritage is the second and concluding part of berlin-island programm, a trilogy of projects about Sardinian culture. This trilogy started in 2010 with the residence- and exhibition- project Genau, Sardinia! and continued in 2011 with Holiday Island. The implementation of the concept has been made possible by the Sardisches Kulturzentrum Berlin (center  for Sardinian Culture). The entire project has been developed by Giovanni Casu and curated by Giusy Sanna.



Rugiada Cadoni, *1977 born in Lecco(Italy), lives and works in Paris. She is part of the artistic duo Y Liver (together with David Liver) and has participated in international biennials and exhibitions.

Igor Muroni, *1976 born in Genua (Italy), is living in Milan, where he is working as Sound-Design Professor in the New Academy of Fine Arts University (NABA). He is Art Director of NABA SOUND since 2011.

Alessandro Sau, *1981 born in Sardinia, lives and works in Cagliari and Milan. He is attracted by the process of construction and destruction of things. His works consists of multiple fragments in process and often include philosophy. 

Cristina Meloni, *1983 born in Sardinia, lives and works between Sardina and Marche (Italy). In 2012 she completed a Master at the Accademy of Fine Arts of Urbino.

Giovanni Casu, Artist/ Curator/ Gallerist, *1975 in Sardinia. He completed his studies in Italy and Paris, where he exhibited for the next 7 years. In 2008 he relocated to Berlin and founded 3 art spaces, ex. Ecke Gallery in October 2010 to promote artistic and neuroscientific researches.

Giusy Sanna, Kuratorin (*1983 in Sardinien), works as an independent curator in Berlin and Sardinia. Since 2011 she is part of the curatorial board of SAVVY Contemporary Berlin and in this position she realised more than 15 international exhibition projects.



Press Contact: Claudia Lamas Cornejo I press@berlin-island.com

For further information:
www.sardanet.org I berlin-island.net I holiday-island.blogspot.de I www.genau.sardanet.de


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